Sentences with phrase «major drip paintings»

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Paul Jackson Pollock born 1912 in Cody, Wyoming was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement well known for his unique style of drip painting.

Pollock had enjoyed great success with his drip paintings of 1947 - 50, some of which are included in a major show of his late work at Tate Liverpool (Summertime: Number 9A, 1948).

Sound on Sound will feature three major paintings and four large scale (6 - foot tall) works on paper, the latter pitting dripped or rolled paint against silk - screened backgrounds.

Cheim & Reid, who have done more than any other major New York gallery to bring women's art to the fore, are exhibiting the last painting ever made by Joan Mitchell — a ravishing mess of blue and yellow squiggles indebted to Monet — alongside first - rate sculptures by Jenny Holzer and Lynda Benglis and a new abstract painting by Pat Steir dripping in silver and gold.

Join us as we explore the work of Jackson Pollock, an American artist known for his major role in the abstract expressionist movement and his unique style of drip painting.

Major Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, dubbed «Jack the Dripper» by Time magazine in 1956, is best known for his large «action» or drip paintings of 1947 — 52, formed by pouring and manipulating liquid paint atop canvases set on the floor.

Greenberg introduced her to the major figures in New York School of painters, including Jackson Pollock, whose drip - painting later inspired her «painting by pouring».